尽管诸如电视、电脑和互联网这样的发明似乎给学校教育提供了进步的手段，但是所有这些技术往往也是在偏离真正的学习。

Computer Assisted Instruction has several advantages over traditional ways of teaching.

1. First of all, the computer has the ability to accommodate individual differences in learning speed.

2. In addition, the computer provides students with a stress-free learning environment.

3. A third advantage of CAI is that the computer can give a student immediate feedback.

4. The possibility of students being distracted from learning by new teaching equipment should not be used as an excuse to prevent teachers and students from benefiting from technological progress.

技术对人类的影响之多媒体教育

　电脑和影像技术可以让普通人接触到像绘画和历史文献这样的原始资料的复制品。这项新技术最大的好处就是可以让任何人，不仅仅是学者们，即使无法接触到这些原始资料也一样可以进行深入的研究。

The speaker exaggerates the power of computers and video technology in academic research.

1. Undoubtedly, the new technology can make paintings and historical documents available to more people, thus contributing to academic research.

2. However, not anyone can conduct in-depth research once research sources are available.

3. Besides, the facsimiles made by the new technology—no matter how accurate they are—can never replace the original works.

精英和大众之复制技术与原始资料